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Arizona Republic readers who followed the teacher strike in West Virginia must be confused given the consistent drumbeat peddled here that Arizona has the worst teacher pay in the country. While Arizona should attempt to drive additional dollars to classrooms Read More

THE MEDIA: Speech. WHO SAID IT: Doug Ducey. TITLE: Arizona governor. PARTY: Republican. THE COMMENT: “Since fiscal year 2015, school districts have increased their investment in teacher salaries by 9 percent.” THE FORUM: Jan. 8 State of State Address. WHAT WE’RE LOOKING AT: Whether Arizona school districts Read More

What if I told you there’s a state that has increased education funding by nearly $1.5 billion in the last three years? Or that the same state has led the nation in improvements in fourth and eight grade math and Read More

Arizona school districts are using the majority of dollars they received from the settlement of a lawsuit with the state to address the teacher shortage crisis by paying teachers more and hiring more teachers, according to a recent analysis. Ninety Read More

Gov. Doug Ducey on Tuesday announced a plan he says would “reverse Recession-era cuts” to Arizona school funding and help settle a $1 billion lawsuit over a decade of cuts to school capital funding. Surrounded by more than 50 Arizona school superintendents, Read More

Arizona public schools soon will get 200 new teachers as part of a new scholarship program that promises recipients free tuition at one of the state’s three public universities for every year they teach in the state. The scholarship program, Read More